A computation similar with that of the universal parabolic constant, performed on the curve cosh(x) with the parameters of the osculating parabola, gives as result 2*sinh(arccosh(3/2)), that is sqrt(5) instead of 2.2955871... for the parabola. - Jean-François Alcover, Jul 18 2013

Because sqrt(5) = -1 + 2*phi, with the golden section phi from A001622, this is an integer in the quadratic number field Q(sqrt(5)). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 08 2018

This constant appears in the theorem of Hurwitz on the best approximation of any irrational number with infinitely many rationals: |theta - h/k| < 1/(sqrt(5)*k^2). See Niven, also for the Hurwitz 1891 reference. - Wolfdieter Lang, May 27 2018

Diameter of a sphere whose surface area equals 5*Pi. More generally, the square root of x is also the diameter of a sphere whose surface area equals x*Pi. - Omar E. Pol, Nov 11 2018